Love Poem: A Love Lost and Found
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Written by: Andrea Dietrich

A Love Lost and Found

An angel, he appeared one afternoon -
amazing, amorous, and alluring.
Beguiling her with beautiful ballads,
how splendidly he bewitched her!

Long languorous summer days they lazed 
in a field of daffodils 
as she lay blissfully in his brawny bronzed arms
looking lovingly into his eyes -
those baby blues with long lush lashes.
Seventeen were they. Their first love it was -
a lovely flirtatious and fabulous first love.

Suddenly, it all just stopped.
Sent away to serve in war,
her sweetheart sadly disappeared with barely a Sayonara. 
Several seasons swept away
like brown leaves in September’s breezes.
Studying at school, sometimes she recalled
with longing - the love of her young life
and the boyish glee in his bright blue long-lashed eyes.
Unbeknownst to her, her lost boyfriend
was back from his lonesome barracks 
and the bloody battlefields of an awful World War.
Back was he, though limping from a bullet to his leg
and looking for the love of HIS young life.

Seventy-seven years later,
see them sauntering together 
in a field of daffodils 
situated by a house he built for her -
two lone centenarians 
with grown twin sons and seven grand-kids.
Their lasting love was lost but only for a blink 
of their long lifetime -
a lifetime of lovely marital bliss
that envelopes them still with bountiful blessings.

March 31, 2022
for My Lost And Found Love Poetry Contest
Sponsor:  JCB Brul